Improvement in floors for refrigerating-houses



G. ROCHEVOT & F. SCHMIDT.

FLOORS FoP. REFRIQERATINwG-HOUSES.

N.PETF.RS. PHOYc-LgTHo/RAPuEm WASHINGTON, D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

GEORGE RoCHEvOT, OF BUFFALO, AND FRIEDRICH SCHMIDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLOORS FOR REFRIGERATING-HOUSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 169348 l datedNovember 2,1875; application tiled July 12, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, GEORGE ROCHEVOT, ofBuffalo, and FRIEDRICH SCHMIDT, of New York city, in the State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Floor for Refrigerating Rooms orHouses, of which the following is a specication:

The nature of our invention consists in chamfering the sides of theflooring-boards,

and to arrange troughs belowA these beveled edges in connection with across-trough or troughs, in which the drip is caught and carried oli" tothe exit-pipe. By this construction a perfectly-smooth ooring can beobtained, and the cost is considerably reduced.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure I repsesents a top view, Fig. II across-section, and Fig. III a longitudinal section, of a oor embodyingour invention.

A and B are the beams to support the floor. Arranged in the usual mannerupon the beamsB the ooring boards or planks U are fastened. These plankshave their sides u chamfered, and are laid about onequarter or one-halfinch apart. Below these joints or chamfered edges troughs D arearranged, in-

serted into the beams B, and connected with one or more cross-troughs,E, through which the collected drippings are conducted into anexit-pipe. The planks C and troughs D mayr be arranged to inclineslightly toward the cross-connecting troughs E to fac1l1'tate therunning off of the water.

By this arrangement we obtain a perfectlysmooth ooring, dispense withall corrugated metallic plates, as the troughs D may be formed of woodgrooved 'or hollowed Out,rand the troughs E can be formed in the samemanner.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is I The combination of the planks C, having their sides n chamfered,the longitudinal troughs D, and the cross-troughs E, arranged andconstructed substantially in the manner and for the purpase hereinbeforeset forth.

GEO. ROGHEVOT, FRIEDRICH SCHMIDT.

Witness for FRIEDH SCHMIDT,

EARLE H. SMITH.

Witness for GEO. RooHEvoT,

MICHAEL WEIDRICH.

